entity · pol_egyfull_middle_kingdom_state
Middle Kingdom central state
Reunified kingdom with changing royal residences, provincial administration and southern frontier systems.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
2055 BCE–1773 BCE
Precision: range
highApproximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.
- supports · defines political formation
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt — Ian Shaw (editor) (2000)Supports the formation and its cautions.
Locator: Political history and chronology discussion
Research description
Reunified kingdom with changing royal residences, provincial administration and southern frontier systems. The record does not imply permanently fixed borders or uniform administration throughout its date range.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Middle Kingdom
Modern label for later Dynasty 11 and Dynasty 12 centralized rule.
Why does this record have this property?
The political formation falls within this modern period or dynasty classification for the stated interval. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
supports assignment · Political chronology
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines political formation
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt — Ian Shaw (editor) (2000)Supports the formation and its cautions.
Locator: Political history and chronology discussion
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for pol_egyfull_middle_kingdom_state · geography assertion